Russian author to write His Majesty's biography
Thursday, July 19, 2007
A RUSSIAN writer is currently in the sultanate to write a biography on His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam.
According to a Liaison Officer from the Information Department, during his stay, Sergey Plekhanov will be conducting research for the book.
He hopes to get to meet several cabinet ministers for interviews and will be doing most of his research work at the Language and Literature Bureau and Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) library.
When asked what initiated Sergey to write a biography on His Majesty, the officer said that according to Sergey the decision was taken after a discussion between the governments of the two countries.
Sergey arrived in Brunei last Friday and expected to stay until later this month, said the Liaison Officer who wished to remain anonymous.
Educated at the Institute of International Relations and Gorki Institute of Literature, Sergey Plekhanov is currently an Associate Professor of Political Science at York University in Toronto, Canada and a member of Russian Writers Association.
He is a well-known master of biography, writing a number of biographies and political essays on prominent statesmen, politicians and public figures.
The list of known figures include Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman; Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the liberal-democratic party of Russia; Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq; Aga-Khan IV, Imam of Shia Ismaili sect.
Sergey was also involved in talk shows, script writing for fiction films and documentaries. He has published widely on issues of post-communist transformations in Russia, Russian foreign policy, US-Russian relations, and American politics.
The Russian journalist is also specialises in writing on issues in modern Islam, and as result has published articles on present-day political regime and religious situation in Iraq, Yemen, Brunei, Qatar and other issues on Islam faced by Islamic communities. His interests in traditional religions have lead to articles dedicated to the religions of the Orient, Africa and religious relics of ancient Mesopotamia, Arabian peninsula and Tibet.
The Brunei Times
According to a Liaison Officer from the Information Department, during his stay, Sergey Plekhanov will be conducting research for the book.
He hopes to get to meet several cabinet ministers for interviews and will be doing most of his research work at the Language and Literature Bureau and Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) library.
When asked what initiated Sergey to write a biography on His Majesty, the officer said that according to Sergey the decision was taken after a discussion between the governments of the two countries.
Sergey arrived in Brunei last Friday and expected to stay until later this month, said the Liaison Officer who wished to remain anonymous.
Educated at the Institute of International Relations and Gorki Institute of Literature, Sergey Plekhanov is currently an Associate Professor of Political Science at York University in Toronto, Canada and a member of Russian Writers Association.
He is a well-known master of biography, writing a number of biographies and political essays on prominent statesmen, politicians and public figures.
The list of known figures include Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman; Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the liberal-democratic party of Russia; Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq; Aga-Khan IV, Imam of Shia Ismaili sect.
Sergey was also involved in talk shows, script writing for fiction films and documentaries. He has published widely on issues of post-communist transformations in Russia, Russian foreign policy, US-Russian relations, and American politics.
The Russian journalist is also specialises in writing on issues in modern Islam, and as result has published articles on present-day political regime and religious situation in Iraq, Yemen, Brunei, Qatar and other issues on Islam faced by Islamic communities. His interests in traditional religions have lead to articles dedicated to the religions of the Orient, Africa and religious relics of ancient Mesopotamia, Arabian peninsula and Tibet.
The Brunei Times
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